confronted them. we do know from a statement give b given by the commissioner, there appeared to be a device on the suspect. people didn t realize that was a hoax device. they are the best of us. another example of the bravery and heroism of ordinary londoners risking their own personal safety. thank you to them on behalf of all londoners but also because it shows the best of us. the mayor of london, sadiq khan, speaking with reporters, confirming it was a terror incident and a male suspect was shot and killed. the london mayor thanking the city police who responded in just moments to that incident and commending members of the public for their bravery and risking their lives in this incident. we ve got much more ahead. we ll take a quick break. we ll be right back.
scene there. what are you seeing and hearing there on the ground? at this point we are hours since that incident began to get police attention about 2:00 local time. the police are essentially checking that there is no residual threat there. no explosive device. this particular assailant seemed to have some suspicious hoax device attached to him. they wanted to make sure there was nothing left behind in any vehicles or any other assailant who they may not have been aware of at that point. before, about 2:00 this afternoon, the busy end of a friday lunch here in central london, near some of the financial centers here in london bridge, police were called to an incident at a premises. we don t know the detail or what unfolded there. it appears to have led to this graphic scene filmed by many passers by, eyewitnesss in this packed part of central london,
showing a man wrestling with members of the public, initially referred to by sadiq khan as the best of humanity, people who appeared to intervene there, seeing this man with a knife. some people were stabbed during this incident. then the graphic moment in which police intervened. they do seem to pull away from there, one of the members of the public intervening, and then shoots the assailant dead. possibly because he was aware he was wearing this suspicious or hoax device. after that, scenes of panic around here. people seeihearing the gunshots fleeing. the assailant is dead, shot dead by police. this may be related to isis or other terror groups it has been called a terror incident. some of that because of the nature of the weapons used. some security services we ve been speaking to are pointing increasingly to the psychological health of people in these circumstances. since isis is degraded in iraq
at this time. the prime minister has asked for a personal briefing, and i ll be heading with the commissioner of the met to downing street immediately. thank you for your patience. we will update you again when we can. all right. the assistant commissioner for the london metropolitan police there briefing reporters, giving us the latest on this incident on london bridge, saying that one male suspect was shot and killed by the police, adding that the suspect had what he called a hoax explosive device on his person. i want to go back to paul crookshank, your reaction. that was the scenario i was laying out to you a few minutes ago. why would the police shoot a man on the ground. one of the scenarios was that he had some kind of device. it turns out he had a hoax device. we ve seen that before in terrorist attacks, saw that on this same bridge in june 2017, that attack on london bridge and borough market, three terrorists involved in that gun and
be wearing a suicide vest that sets what witnesses responded and it turned out to be fake but this is one of the reasons why police here are treating this as a terror incident the counterterrorism unit is investigating at the moment and this is what we know so far from the police now in the meantime also the mayor of london mr said you can also are reacting to what has unfolded earlier on. what he s. about the images we ve seen is the breathtaking heroism of members of the public who literally run towards danger the day will come for to them we do know from the statement given by this is interesting. that there appears to be a device on the suspect that is the public didn t realize at the time it was a hoax device and they really are the best of us another example of the bravery and